Welcome to BKE Foundation

Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation is an auxiliary of the Baacha Khan Trust, a registered non-profit Organization in Pakistan and Afghanistan that promotes peace, democracy, human rights, and development.The Trust was established in 2003.

News

Baacha Khan School Alumni Conference Thursday, 30 July 2015 “Khudai Khidmatgar Movement aimed at social transformation of Pashtoon society in early 20th century. The guiding principles of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement were human dignity, pluralism and indigenous identity. Khudai Khidmatgars worked for the promotion of education, knowledge and wisdom through Azaad Madrasah. Baacha Khan and his comrades also worked for the development of indigenous skills and various cottage industries were established to alleviate poverty. Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation carries forward this vision and mission of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement through modern... Read more...

Political Leadership Training for Kohat, Kohistan & Lakki Wednesday, 17 June 2015 Political Leadership Training for the youth of district Kohat, Kohistan and Lucky Marwat concluded successfully on June 12th, 2015. The training was held at the BKTEF Directorate from June 8th, 2015 to June 12th, 2015. A total number of 30 participants attended the training. Resource Persons of the training were: Dr. Khadim Hussain Ms.Gulali Ismail Mr. Imran Khan Ms. Samira Shams The first day started with MD Dr Khadim Hussain with introduction and a detail report on Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation. The objectives of the Foundation were explained briefly with training schedule.... Read more...

Seminar on Management Skills Thursday, 14 May 2015 Seminar on Management Skills and Mobilization for Community Support was held at Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF) Directorate on May 5th, 2015. The seminar was attended by all principals, senior teachers and student counselors of Baacha Khan Schools. Dr. Khadim Husain, Managing Director BKTEF, Department of Schools Management, Coordination officer, Head of Field Department and Media Department also participated in the seminar. A total number of 30 participants attended the seminar. The seminar started with brief introduction of the BKTEF Staff and participants. The basic theme... Read more...

BKS Swat Teacher's Training Wednesday, 25 March 2015 “Baacha Khan Trust Educational Foundation (BKTEF) is the continuation of Khudai Khidmatgar Movement and it strives to realize the vision and mission of Baacha Khan, i.e., to bring positive social transformation through education and peaceful means. In this regard, the BKTEF has opened Baacha Khan High School for the underserved community of Mingora, Swat, to uplift the social condition of the community. The Baacha Khan School has not only provided employment to the relevant community but it will also spread a message of love, human dignity and peace,” said Khadim Hussain MD BKTEFduring... Read more...

Schools Celebrated Int'll Mother Tongue Day Monday, 02 March 2015 International Mother Language Day is observed every year throughout the world for the last fifteen years. In this regard, Baacha Khan Schools celebrated international Mother Language Day with zeal and fervor across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on February 21, 2015 . “Observing International Mother Language Day reminds us that the very nature of life on this planet is pluralistic and diverse, and we must respect pluralism and diversity in all its forms to build peaceful and prosperous societies. Linguistic diversity is one of the most important aspects of human life. Language enables us to... Read more...

Our Inspiration

We take our inspiration from the Azad schools initiative of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890-1988), dearly called Baacha Khan by his people. He was the 20th century Pashtun reformer and non-violent freedom fighter of the Indian sub-continent against the British rule.

Aspirations

The BKTEF aspires to bring about Social Transformation through Critical Education, Youth Empowerment and Culture Revival. The BKTEF aspires to focus on female education in the future because of low female literacy rate in the target areas as well as threats

The
BKTEF aspires to bring about Social Transformation through Critical Education,
Youth Empowerment and Culture Revival. The
BKTEF aspires to focus on female education in the future because of low female
literacy rate in the target areas as well as threats to female education. The
BKTEF is also working on collaborating with development partners on youth &
women development programs as well as regional peace initiatives.

Challenges

Religious extremism, precarious security situation, demand of the communities & non availability of adequate resources are some of the challenges in areas of operation for BKTEF; however, our work has not been hampered so far by these challenges